Thank you to everyone who stopped by and played our game at SGX! It was so cool getting to share what we’ve been working on and hear what...

How the player character affects gameplay In any game, the player character is one of the most important parts of the experience. We knew...

How we created our game’s upgrade system In Mega Dimension Ripper 9000, as stated in a previous post, the player will be presented with...

Using A* and ORCA algorithms to help enemies navigate through the map  Do you ever wonder how enemies are able to chase down players...

MDR9K is a very Visual Effect heavy game with VFX being the core of the visual style. For this game we went with a simple and stylized...

How we used layout and randomization to make an enjoyable upgrade shop and general UI.   Upgrades are an essential element of many...

*Ideations of a bookshelf and wardrobe.   When creating props for our game, we wanted to have it where we weren’t necessarily copying...

What makes our levels visually interesting?  In the game Mega Dimension Ripper, we use props to decorate our levels. Props are art assets...

*Initial iteration of shop layout.   *Second iteration of the shop’s layout   *Third iteration of the shop’s layout.   *Current shop...

The beginning of the character creation process starts with concepting different character skins. All the artists participated in a skin...

How we made our characters come to life with rigging, skin weights, and master controls for animating.  Initially we worked on concepting...

How we create our own textures by using Substance Designer.   *The texture above is snow that will be used for snow in the North Pole...

How we dynamically tune challenge across skill levels, player counts, and progression.  In any game, decisions must be made about how...

How we went from concepts to fully implemented enemies. * Early concepts of enemies The creation process of the enemies in MDR9K is...

How we leveraged abstract level designs with procedural generation to create unique player experiences.   In Mega Dimension Ripper...

This is a video that shows how our project evolved. This is made by the program gource ( gource.io ) which looked at all the commits that...